Seán Dagher
2025-03-01 15:00 (America/New_York)
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Adults: $24, Children: $18

About Seán Dagher
Seán Dagher is widely known for his recordings with the Assassin’s Creed video game series, including “Black Flag.” His renditions of sea shanties and other songs from the games have been streamed some 70 million times. His Shanty of the Week video series receives thousands of views each week and has a loyal worldwide following.

Seán will take the audience on a seaward journey through worksongs interspersed with a few sea-themed ballads, accompanied by Seán on Irish bouzouki. Audiences will be invited to sing the “crew” responses to some of the most popular songs in the genre, bringing everyone together for a community experience of singing and hollering! No previous shanty-singing experience is necessary. And “bad singers” are welcome–even necessary! Heave-away!
Please note that it is the Grunin Center Policy for all Family Shows that all attendees, regardless of age, require a ticket.

This performance is sponsored by RWJBarnabas Health Community Medical Center.
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OCC Jazz Band - Sold Out
2025-03-07 18:00, 2025-05-07 18:00
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Black Box Theater
(Building 11B)
This event is currently Sold Out
About The Ocean County College Jazz Band
Join us for an unforgettable evening of live music with Ocean County College Jazz Band under the direction of Kate Warren! Experience a dynamic mix of classic bebop, smooth ballads, lively swing, and exciting Latin jazz – all brought to life by talented student musicians. Don’t miss out on this vibrant showcase of rhythm, improvisation, and musical creativity!
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April Varner
2025-03-09 15:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Adult $28, Senior $24

About April Varner
Award-Winning Jazz Vocalist and Composer April Varner, recognizable by her curly red hair and voice of an “old soul”, often brings her listeners to another place- one long ago when the giants of jazz were still gracing the stage. Amassing several viral videos on her social media with a million+ views of her challenging solo transcriptions, cleverly crafted vocaleses and acapella renditions of the Great American Songbook, April’s voice can fit itself into a myriad of different molds.
One of the giants of jazz was the “First Lady of Song”, Ella Fitzgerald. Paving the way for generations upon generations to come in the realm of vocal jazz and improvisation, Ella has always been one of April’s biggest inspirations. Having won the 2023 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition, this will be a night filled with Ella’s greatest hits and classics from the very beginning.
At the age of 27, April has immersed herself deeply into the jazz tradition. She has performed/studied with many legendary artists and jazz luminaries such as Tierney Sutton, Russell Malone, Sachal Vasandani, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and others. April graduated in May of 2022 with her Master’s degree in Jazz Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of 2-time Grammy© nominated vocalist and teacher Theo Bleckmann. She recently received a 2024 Honorable Mention Award in the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Competition. She just released her debut album, awarded 4 out of 5 stars from one of the top jazz publications, Downbeat Magazine, “April by April Varner” (Cellar Live Record Label), and is available on all streaming platforms. Grammy-Award-winning drummer, producer, and educator Ulysses Owens Jr produced this genre-busting collection of all April-titled songs.
Join April Varner and her band for an afternoon of “April Sings Ella”—you won’t want to miss it!

Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon is made possible through funding from the Wintrode Family Foundation, the Ocean County College Foundation, and through support from the New Jersey Jazz Society.

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Ji In Yang, Violinist
2025-03-14 14:00
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Gateway Lecture Hall (Building 101)
All Tickets $10

About Ji in Yang
South Korean violinist Ji in Yang will perform a solo violin recital at Ocean County College as part of our Afternoon Recital Series. Ms. Yang has been recognized for her expressive and nuanced playing. The United Kingdom’s Musical Opinion described her solo appearance at Cadogan Hall as ‘brilliantly played.’ She has performed with distinguished orchestras such as the KBS Symphony, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Aspen Young Artists Orchestra, the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony Orchestra, and Atlantic Music Festival Orchestra, among many others. Ms. Yang will perform solo violin works by Kreisler, J.S. Bach, Ysaÿe, and Milstein.
This event is funded by the Ocean County College Foundation.

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Amadeus
2025-03-14 19:30, 2025-03-15 14:00, 2025-03-15 19:30, 2025-03-16 14:00, 2025-03-21 19:30, 2025-03-22 14:00, 2025-03-22 19:30, 2025-03-23 14:00
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Black Box Theater
(Building 11B)
Adults $21, Seniors $19
General Admission Seating

About Amadeus
In the court of the Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri is the established composer. Enter the greatest musical genius of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition, to be a great composer. Mozart is a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who has that which is beyond Salieri’s envious grasp: Genius.
Performances
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 – 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025 – 2:00 PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025 – 2:00 AND 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025 – 2:00 PM
Cast
Antonio Salieri – Jeff Bodnar
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Brendan Keffner
Constanze Weber – Taylor Bongarzone
Joseph II – Bill King
Count Johann Kilian von Strack – Kyle Bodie
Count Franz Orsini-Rosenberg – Brian Lodato
Barron Gottfried Van Swieten – Angel Berrios
Venticello – Johnny Friedman
Venticello – Grey Kellerman
Theresa Salieri/Ensemble – Bridget Magnusson
Katherina Cavelieri/Ensemble – Kyra Griggs
Cook/Ensemble – Rosa Spalliero
Valet/Major Domo/Ensemble – Zach Zabarsky
Production Crew
Production Stage Manager – Jamie Kasprovitz
Scenic design – George Allison
Lighting Design – Douglas Cox
Costume Design – Jacquie Revier, Playtime Costumes
Sound Design – Ben Robinson
About the OCC Repertory Theater Company
Under the direction of Performing Arts Program Chair Paul Chalakani, the mission of the OCC/REP is to create opportunities for college and community participation in various rich and diverse theatrical experiences. The Company seeks to engage, entertain, inspire, and educate to enhance the cultural life of Ocean County College and the surrounding communities. The OCC/REP provides OCC students, faculty, staff, and residents of neighboring communities the opportunity to attend and/or participate in quality performances of theatrical works – musicals and plays, classical and modern, traditional and experimental, through a well-balanced theatrical season. Additionally, the OCC/REP provides an environment for students of our performing arts program to apply what they are learning in a collaborative and encouraging format. The OCC/REP celebrates the power of the theatre to illuminate and mirror the human experience.
The OCC Repertory Theatre Company is funded, in part, by the Ocean County College Foundation.

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Kevin Spencer: Magic is for Everyone!
2025-03-15 15:00
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Gateway Lecture Hall (Building 101)
Adults: $20, Children: $15

About Kevin Spencer
The Magic of Kevin Spencer is a performance for people of all ages and abilities. It features award-winning magician Kevin Spencer in a fun-filled show that combines storytelling, stage magic, and audience participation. This sensory-inclusive performance is designed to create an experience that is welcoming to all audiences including families with children with autism or other developmental or intellectual disabilities that create sensory sensitivities. This is a show the entire family will enjoy!

Please note that it is the Grunin Center Policy for all Family Shows that all attendees, regardless of age, require a ticket.

This performance is sponsored by RWJBarnabas Health Community Medical Center.
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A Band Called Honalee
2025-03-15 19:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Tickets $40

About the show
A Band Called Honalee is a modern-day folk trio inspired by the music and legacy of Peter, Paul & Mary. Musically accomplished, interactive, and energetic, their shows allow audiences to experience this timeless music live onstage once again. Satisfying diehard Peter, Paul & Mary lovers as well as newcomers to this wonderful era of music, the band’s shows feature all of PPM’s beloved hits, including “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” “Blowing in the Wind,” and of course “Puff The Magic Dragon.” With virtuosic musicianship, stirring vocal harmonies, and polished showmanship, A Band Called Honalee also offers favorites from Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, The Mamas & The Papas, Joan Baez, The Weavers, Judy Collins, and many others.

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David Hogg
2025-03-27 11:00
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Gateway Lecture Hall (Building 101)
and Livestream
Tickets Free,
Advanced Registration Required

About David Hogg
Thrust into the world of activism by the largest school shooting in American history, Parkland survivor David Hogg has become one of the most compelling voices of his generation. His call to “get over politics and get something done” challenges Americans to stand up, speak out and work to elect morally just leaders, regardless of party affiliation. Passionate in his advocacy to end gun violence, David’s mission of increasing voter participation, civic engagement and activism embraces a range of issues.
On February 14, 2018, David’s life changed forever. As a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, he lost friends, classmates and teachers. A total of 17 people were killed when a lone teen gunman sprayed bullets from a high-powered military assault rifle. David’s eloquent responses to America’s largest school shooting immediately placed him in the national and international media spotlight.
Committed to becoming an agent for change, he resolved that no other young person should have to experience the tragic impact of gun violence. He joined with friends from high school to co-found March For Our Lives, now one of the world’s largest youth-led movements. Five weeks after the shooting, March For Our Lives mobilized one of the biggest demonstrations in the nation’s history. Speaking before an estimated 800,000 protestors in Washington, D.C., David declared, “The sun shines on a new day—and it is ours!” Since then, David’s activism has taken him around the country, meeting with impacted families and diverse communities to deepen his knowledge of gun safety and the politics of ending gun violence. With his younger sister, Lauren, also a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, he co-wrote #NeverAgain, a New York Times bestseller. David and Lauren also contributed to the best-selling book, Glimmer of Hope: How Tragedy Sparked a Movement, a compilation of writing from the founders of March For Our Lives.
In 2019, David headed to Harvard University and graduated in the spring of 2023. He recently co-founded Leaders We Deserve, a grassroots political organization dedicated to electing young progressives to Congress and State Legislatures across the country. “We will help defeat the far-right agenda and advance a progressive vision for our collective future,” David says.
A prolific voice on social media with more than a million followers, David uses his platform to promote civic engagement, activism and voting. As a speaker, he informs, challenges and energizes, empowering his generation to resist apathy and become catalysts for positive social change. “People call us snowflakes,” he once tweeted. “What happens when snowflakes vote? That’s called an avalanche.”

The sponsors of the Blauvelt Speaker Series have generously underwritten the cost of tickets for this program.
The Blauvelt Speaker Series is funded in part by the generosity of the late Bradford Thomas & Eleanor G. Blauvelt and the Wintrode Family Foundation. This year’s 2024-2025 additional sponsors include Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle, Gutman & Petro, LLC, Arlene and Frank Dupignac, Jr., Georgian Court University, Kean Ocean, Stella and Marshall Kern, Kiwanis of Greater Toms River, Leone & Daughters, and New Jersey Natural Gas.
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Las Guaracheras
2025-03-28 19:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Tickets $24

Photo Credit: Juan Fernández
About the show
Las Guaracheras is a powerful Latin Music sextet from Cali, Colombia that performs Afro-Caribbean rhythms such as salsa, as well as music from the Pacific region of Colombia. Their compositions and lyrics revolve around the revindication and recognition of the role of women in the music industry – especially in the Latin Music scene in Colombia – and seek to express the power and strength of women as sources of love, hope, resilience and creativity.
Selected to form part of the 2025/26 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Performing Arts Exchange (PAGE), Las Guaracheras have been featured at U.S. venues such as: Lotus Festival (IN), Freight & Salvage (CA), etc. and in 2025 will be at LACMA Latin Sounds (CA), Twin Cities Jazz Festival (MN) and others. They have performed in Europe and the Americas at venues such as: Sunfest (Canada), Cubadisco (Cuba), BIME (Spain), Portamérica Latitudes/FIMpro, and El Zócalo (Mexico).

This engagement of Las Guaracheras is made possible, in part, through the Performing Arts Global Exchange program of Mid-Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This event is made possible through the generous support of the Ocean County College Foundation.

This program is made possible by a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
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Stoned Soul Picnic: Joni, Carole, Laura
2025-04-05 19:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Tickets $39

About the show
Celebrating three of the most influential and groundbreaking singer/songwriters of the late ‘60s and ‘70s, Stoned Soul Picnic: Joni, Carole, Laura is a feast of great music by Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame legends Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Laura Nyro. Lead singer Diane Garisto has shared the mic with such musical icons as Paul Simon, Steely Dan, and Billy Joel, and was a member of Laura Nyro’s well-known backing trio, the Harmony Group. Along with her illustrious band, Diane and company have created an exuberant live show.

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Vance Gilbert
2025-04-12 19:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
Tickets $34

About the show
“If Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens had a love child, with Rodney Dangerfield as the midwife, the results might be something close to the great Vance Gilbert”, says Richmond Magazine.
Vance’s new album, “The Mother Of Trouble”, features Grammy winner Lori McKenna on background vocals, Juno award recipient and Bonnie Raitt Grammy hit song co-writer Joey Landreth on guitars, and Americana-Roots master mandolinist Joe K. Walsh. With 4 bullies, 4 deaths (3 of them murders), 3 moms, 2 accidents, 2 Black people, 2 dogs, 1 dog ball, 1 gay kid, and 1 missed flight thanks to gas station sushi, this album benefits from the gifts of time and experience honing songwriting skills that put this most vital of acoustic storytellers at the top of the game.

Oh, and Management wants to make sure to tell you that this is the 14th release for this acoustic stalwart.
30 years into his career, the songwriter’s influence can be felt all over the contemporary Folk and Americana realm as he has helped pave the way for many of the BIPOC artists who have followed.
Vance was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. Starting out hoping to be an R&B and jazz singer once at college, there he discovered his affinity for the storytelling sensibilities of the acoustic singer-songwriter thing. Word spread like wildfire about Gilbert’s stage-owning singing and playing, and Shawn Colvin invited him to be special guest on her 1992 Fat City tour where he took much of America by storm and by surprise. “With the voice of an angel, the wit of a devil, and the guitar playing of a god..” wrote the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Noted not only for being the ever consummate performer, Gilbert has recorded 13 albums, including 5 for Philo/Rounder Records. Along with being opener of choice for artists as varied as Arlo Guthrie, Anita Baker, The Milk Carton Kids, and Southside Johnny, the mid 2000’s found Gilbert opening 150+ shows for comedian George Carlin.
Gilbert has also been a prominent presence at some of the world’s most prestigious gatherings and halls, among them the Newport, Winnipeg, Rocky Mountain, Calgary, Ottawa, and Falcon Ridge Folk festivals, the Kate Wolf Music Festival, and Australia’s Woodford Folk and Mullum Music Festivals, Mountain Stage, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Nashville’s Lyman Auditorium, The Barns at Wolftrap, and a private party for his veterinarian where there was terrific lo-mein.
Most recently he’s been the opener of choice for Mad About You/Stranger Things star Paul Reiser’s stand-up shows (50 +) for the last 7 years, along with his own busy acoustic music touring and coaching schedule. That current schedule includes Vance’sMondayNightAcousticPajamaParty on YouTube. Having started the first week of the pandemic in 2020, Vance has played a live, themed, weekly 90 minute mixed bag of originals and cover tunes to a rotating following of about 200 folks. 10 to 20% of his weekly tip jar is donated to a local 501(c)3 of his choice. At the time of this writing, having done 155 of these shows has become newsworthy in itself.
Gilbert has been a songwriting, performance, and voice coach all around the world, kinda, from Australia to Winnipeg, at all the festivals above plus The Kerrville and Rocky Mountain Song Schools, he is currently on staff as Instructor/Professor at the University Of Colorado Denver and has a decade worth of summer programs at the Berklee College Of Music under his belt. What? Private coaching? Yes, 6-10 students weekly too.
Considered by many to be an integral part of the national folk scene, his previous record “Good Good Man” features an eclectic roster of musical types including rocker Mike Posner, world renown Celtic harpist Aine Minough, bluesman Chris Smither, and Al Green’s organist Stacey Wade.
Gilbert runs 3 to 4 miles ever so slowly 5 days a week to stay sharp for the road and does historical aviation research and model building just for great nerdy fun.
He even has a tune on a Grammy Nominated children’s album. How rounded is that?
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Tracy K. Smith
2025-04-14 18:30
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Virtual Event on Zoom
Tickets Free; Advance Registration Required
Please note: this event was rescheduled after our brochure went to print. The new date is Monday, April 14, 2025.

About the event
Tracy K. Smith received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her third book of poems, Life on Mars. The collection draws upon the genre of science fiction in considering who we humans are and what the vast universe holds for us. In poems of political urgency, tenderness, elegy and wit, Smith conjures version upon version of the future, imagines the afterlife, and contemplates life here on earth in our institutions, cities, houses and hearts. Life on Mars was a New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and a New Yorker, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Smith’s debut collection, The Body’s Question, was selected by Kevin Young as winner of the Cave Canem Prize for the best first book by an African American poet. Straddling languages, speakers, and geographies, the poems bear witness to love, loss, and belonging while laying claim to a large and nimble sense of identity. In his introduction, Young writes, “Smith…seems perfectly at home speaking of grief and loss, of lust and hunger, of joy and desire—which here often means the desire for desire, and a desire for language itself.”
Duende, Smith’s second book, received the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. The collection takes its title from a term Federico Garcia Lorca brought into broad parlance. The duende is the wild, unpredictable and oftentimes dangerous energy an artist might seek to conjure up and contend with. Unlike the muse, which exists beyond or above the artist, the duende sleeps deep within—as pure urge, fury, chaos, and passion—waiting to be awakened and wrestled, often at great cost. In Smith’s hands, this sense of artistic struggle and daring meets up with forms of social and political struggle, resistance and survival. It also illuminates the private upheaval of divorce and its aftermath.
In her memoir, Ordinary Light, Smith explores her own experience of race, religion, and the death of her mother shortly after Smith graduated from Harvard. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award, and named a Notable Book by both the New York Times and Washington Post.
Smith served two terms as Poet Laureate of the United States, during which time she traveled across America, hosting poetry readings and conversations in rural communities. She edited the anthology American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time during her laureateship, and launched the American Public Media podcast The Slowdown. In March 2021 she was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
This event is presented in collaboration with the Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University and is made possible by the Ocean County College Foundation.

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Boheme Opera of New Jersey
2025-04-25 14:00
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Gia Maione Prima Foundation Studio Theatre
(Building 12)
All Tickets $10

About the Event
Boheme Opera of New Jersey will present an operatic concert featuring silvery-voiced Soprano Sungji Kim and versatile Bass Hyong Sik Jo, accompanied by pianist Sandra Pucciatti.
About Sungji Kim
“A silvery-voiced” singer (Opera Magazine), Soprano Dr. Sungji Kim has brought various acclaim from critics with her exquisite musicality and attractive presence with “her incisive and bright voice” (New York Times). With numerous performances in Asia, Canada, Europe, Russia, and throughout the United States in the venues of Carnegie Hall as well as Lincoln Center, Dr. Kim has also appeared in interviews and live on-air performances on WWFM, WRTI, and Jersey Arts.
She earned her Doctoral Degree in Musical Arts at Rutgers University, her Professional Studies Diploma at the Manhattan School of Music as the recipient of the President’s Scholarship, her master’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music, and her bachelor’s degree cum laude at Seoul National University honored with a full scholarship.
About Hyong Sik Jo
The versatile Bass Hyong Sik Jo is already gaining the attention of critics, being hailed as a “..delightful comic, with beauty and depth” and able to“..switch seamlessly from jovial to Jovian at the stroke of a baton”. This is because, at a young age, he already has encompassed a variety of roles from the title roles in Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi, and Falstaff, Doctor Dulcamara in L’Elisir d’amore, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte, Leporello and Masetto in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva and Don Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte, Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land, Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd, Bartolo and Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Colline in La Bohème to the dramatic characters of Lo Zio Bonzo in Madame Butterfly, Ferrando in Il Trovatore, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, among others. He has appeared with the Connecticut Opera, Bulgaria’s Plovdiv Opera, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Opera North, Long Island Opera, New Rochelle Opera, Opera at Florham, Verismo Opera, Regina Opera, Eastern Opera of New Jersey, New York Lyric Opera, Kaliope Opera, OSH Opera, Palisades Opera, and as a guest artist with Boston University Opera Institute and Queens College Opera.
Mr. Jo also has vast experience on the concert stage, recently appearing as Elijah from Elijah by Mendelssohn. The Bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung, Gounod’s Messe Solennelle, Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae Solennes and Beethoven’s Mass in C with such orchestras as the New England Symphonic Ensemble at Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, the New Jersey Philharmonic Orchestra, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra, the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra.
Mr. Jo received his bachelor’s degree in Voice from the University of Chung-Ang (Korea), graduating with honors, a master of Music degree in Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music, and Artist Diploma in Voice Performance from the University of Northern Iowa, and studied Artist Diploma in Opera Performance from the University of Hartford.
This event is funded by the Ocean County College Foundation.

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Deathtrap
2025-04-25 19:30, 2025-04-26 19:30, 2025-04-27 14:00, 2025-05-02 19:30, 2025-05-03 14:00, 2025-05-03 19:30, 2025-05-04 14:00
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Black Box Theater
(Building 11B)
Adults $21, Seniors $19
General Admission Seating

About Deathtrap
Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, struggles to overcome a dry spell, resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Sidney’s plan, devised with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student for co-credit. Or is it? DEATHTRAP provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks so abundant that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment.
Performances
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 – 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 – 2:00 PM
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2025 – 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025 – 2:00 AND 7:30 PM
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 – 2:00 PM
Cast
Brendan Keffner – Sidney Bruhl
Keith Miller – Clifford Anderson
Dana Russack – Myra Bruhl
Annette Curran – Helga Ten Dorp
James Fogerty – Porter Milgrim
Samantha Acquaviva
Kyle Bodie
Angel Berrios
Production Crew
Cat Parker
George Allison
Doug Cox
Jamie Kasprovitz
Bridget Magnusson
About the OCC Repertory Theater Company
Under the direction of Performing Arts Program Chair Paul Chalakani, the mission of the OCC/REP is to create opportunities for college and community participation in various rich and diverse theatrical experiences. The Company seeks to engage, entertain, inspire, and educate to enhance the cultural life of Ocean County College and the surrounding communities. The OCC/REP provides OCC students, faculty, staff, and residents of neighboring communities the opportunity to attend and/or participate in quality performances of theatrical works – musicals and plays, classical and modern, traditional and experimental, through a well-balanced theatrical season. Additionally, the OCC/REP provides an environment for students of our performing arts program to apply what they are learning in a collaborative and encouraging format. The OCC/REP celebrates the power of the theatre to illuminate and mirror the human experience.
The OCC Repertory Theatre Company is funded, in part, by the Ocean County College Foundation.

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Nat Adderley, Jr. - POSTPONED
2025-04-27 15:00
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nat Adderley, Jr., is unable to perform on Sunday, April 27, 2025. We plan to reschedule with Mr. Adderley, Jr.; however, he is presently unable to confirm a future date.
Ticket holders have been emailed with refund details, and once we can confirm a new date, we will post the event here.

About Nat Adderley, Jr.
As Luther Vandross’ long-time musical director, Nat’s compositions include “Stop to Love”, “Wait for Love”, “Make Me a Believer”, “Other Side of The World”, and the Grammy-nominated “Give Me the Reason”. His many arrangements for Luther include “Superstar”, “Here and Now”, “So Amazing”, “If Only for One Night”, “If This World Were Mine”, “There’s Nothing Better Than Love”, “Anyone Who Had a Heart”, and “Never Too Much”. Also for Luther, Nat produced “My Favorite Things”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “Going Out of My Head” and “The Closer I Get To You” (the Grammy-winning duet with Beyonce). Nat also of course produced Luther’s very last project, “Live at Radio City Music Hall”.

Nat wrote “The Wave” for Kirk Whalum, arranged Natalie Cole’s 1987 recording of “When I Fall In Love”, produced “Just Another Lonely Night” for Johnny Gill, arranged Aretha Franklin’s album Jump To It, produced Gloria Lynne’s album No Detour Ahead, and produced “That’s How Heartaches are Made” for the Temptations. And In 2016 and 2017, Nat produced the CD “Invitation” for Nicolas Bearde, and appeared as pianist on Jay Hoggard’s beautiful CD “Harlem Heiroglyphs”.
After a decades-long absence from theater, Nat has recently done three important shows for the Tony-winning Crossroads Theater Company in New Brunswick, NJ. In September of ’17 he served as arranger and musical director for “Sarah Sings a Love Story” . In April of ’19 he did the same for “Sophisticated Ladies” directed by Tony winner Andre DeShields . And in September of ’19 Nat was MD and appeared as the character “Larry” (Paul Robeson’s accompanist) in “Robeson”.
In recent years, the Nat Adderley Jr Quartet (or Trio) performed in Beijing (the Blue Note), Singapore (the Kool Kats Club), in New York City (Minton’s , Grant’s Tomb, the Sugar Bar), New Jersey (Shanghai Jazz in Madison), and many other venues. In September ’19 the band headlined Sheila Anderson’s (WBGO) “Somerville (NJ) Jazz Festival”. And as a “sideman” in 2019 Nat played with Regina Carter (The Jazz Standard NYC on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day) and with Vincent Herring (Smoke Jazz Club NYC later in the year).
In 2020 and 2021 the Nat Adderley Jr Quartet performed for sold-out houses at Parker’s Jazz Club in Austin Tx, Breezy’s Jazz Club Jacksonville Fl, Takoma Station in Washington DC, and a few nights back at Minton’s in Harlem. Also in NYC there were a few “packed” performances for “Jazzmobile” at Marcus Garvey Park and at Grant’s Tomb. Nat also streamed various widely-viewed concerts from his living room for the Queens Public Library, the New Jersey Jazz Society. And from “Birdland” streamed the “Tribute to Phyllis Hyman” duo with Alyson Williams. Finally, in July ’21, Nat was featured (with Paulette McWilliams) in Austria at “ Porgy and Bess” in Vienna, and at the Inntone Jazz Festival in Diersbach.
Nat Adderley Jr received his BA from Yale University.
Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon is made possible through funding from the Wintrode Family Foundation, the Ocean County College Foundation, and through support from the New Jersey Jazz Society.

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OCC Concert Band: The Music of Broadway, Movies, and TV
2025-05-03 19:00
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Toms River Intermediate East Auditorium
(directions)
General Admission
Adults $24, Children $14
About the Show
Join the OCC Concert Band for a nostalgic journey through memorable music from Broadway, movies, and TV shows. Enjoy Broadway hits, John Williams scores, and favorites from Looney Tunes and Bullwinkle—music that will bring back fond memories!
Anthony Tafrow, Conductor
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